Many times over I'd locate one 'in stock' showing online here in Australia, or the U.S., and thought BINGO! However, time and time over, that seemed to be a ploy to grab a potential customer, by then advising that the item wasn't in fact available any longer, but that they could substitute an even better one. (Better than the original Sony brand one?) I slunk back and decided to put it all to rest.
KEH Camera came to the fore more recently, advertising this same lens second-hand. Graded excellent had me keen to order, but it was also during a period of their site crashing, and subsequent emails of mine to them would bounce into a spam folder at the other end! Time lapsed between responses and I thought this potential too was going to collapse into thin air. The end result though is we did work our way through ultimately, and my order was finally on it's way. Seventeen days later, it turned up on my doorstep (last week); that seemed like an eternity! All was good; perfect packaging and in the best condition, so big accolades to KEH Camera/USA.
Next morning I had a chance to try it out, set on a tripod, overlooking the back garden
can see I need to pull back a bit to gain the sharper image
You may also like this Little Pied Cormorant post from a few days ago (no tele-conversion lens then).
Sharing with World Bird Wednesday
congrats on your teleconverter lens! nice job on these shots, too!
ReplyDeleteGreat find!! You'll love it. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images and a great bird. Congrats on your new lens. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos with your new tele-converter. I hope you get lots more to share with the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteWow what a beautiful bird!! Great photos and nice with a new camera :)
ReplyDeleteYou got beautiful shots with the new lens. I'm envious. :0)
ReplyDeleteI'm so pleased your new lens finally arrived Carole & I'm sure you're going to have much fun seeing what it can do.
ReplyDeleteIsn't photography the best hobby?
Nice lens! Beautiful shots!
ReplyDeleteLucky you!!!!!! Congrats Carole!
ReplyDeleteJan
Carole, I am so happy that you found that lens. Super pics already!
ReplyDeleteOh...I feel we are really going to enjoy your future photos.:)
Looks like a good purchase.
ReplyDeleteNoisy Miners do live up to their name!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Ditto to all the above comments...lol
ReplyDeleteGee, looks like you already have yours dialed in. Photos look great. It took me awhile, some experimentation to find out what worked best with my teleconvertor. Finally I settled on setting the ISO at 800, exposing one full stop over, using f7 or higher apeture and manual focusing. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteWow! congrats!
ReplyDeleteAnd the shots are fantastics! So congrats again;o)
Thanks for sharing. And thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment;o)
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Fantastic shots!
ReplyDeleteGreat images, looks like the lens is working well for you.
ReplyDeleteI've done that too, discovered something too late and it's discontinued and then searching to the ends of the earth (almost) and finally finding that one item! Woot! for you!
ReplyDeleteLooks like that new lens is going to take you into some wonderful adventures, You certainly passed the test with these beauties, truly marvelous images shared!
ReplyDeleteDon't you love it when you finally find a discontinued item and it's yours! I do too!
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what a teleconverter does, now that I have read your comments. Does it sit on top of your usual lens and allow you to get closer before shooting?
ReplyDeleteI am confused by the settings that Sinbad said worked for him, because I thought that exposing a full stop over AND with an ISO of 800 would have led to an overexposed shot. So how does the converter alter usual rules?
Where you say you need to 'pull back' I would have thought that you needed a slightly faster shutter speed because the bird moved a smidge. The foliage in all of them is spot on.
signed ... Confoosed.
Fantastic, great shots, beautiful colors and quality ...
ReplyDeleteBest regards, Karin
...oh my goodness....what a gorgeous bird! I love the last two photos so much. You're new lens is definitely working!! :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat post and images, Carole! You've done a brilliant job with the new lens. Great bird shots and a lovely contrast with the Camellias. I think you're going to have some fun!
ReplyDeleteperfect photos. compliments
ReplyDeleteWonderful to see Carole..
ReplyDeleteI apologize for making this late comment (I hope you see it)I have so much going on.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to get paid for blogging and just enjoying ourselves.. xx
WOW! I just got a DSLR and am completely lost but learning!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your new teleconverter Carole!
ReplyDeleteThese images are gorgeous!
Thanks for all your lovely comments!
ReplyDeleteJulie; Tele-conversion lens boosts focal distance by 1.7x. It's attached via a conversion lens adaptor, and that screws onto the base lens.
You asked questions I don't know how to answer re Sinbad's comments, so I won't try. I generally don't bother shifting from 100 ISO unless in low-lighting situation.
You're right re a slightly faster shutter speed helping to overcome the slight fuzziness when the bird moved. I hadn't even thought of that, so thanks a lot. I'm not yet into working various settings manually at all. My quick assumption had been that I'd zoomed in to the max and caused that to happen.